The Iroquois is the name used to refer to indigenous American tribes that speak an Iroquoian language. These tribes included Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca. They primarily occupied areas around what is now New York and sections of Pennsylvania. The Iroquois peoples confederation is also known as the Haudenosaunee which means ‘People of the Longhouse'. According to the Haudenosaunee's official site, the longhouse imagery was symbolic of each nation's role within the confederacy.
Longhouses were the homes of the Iroquois and would house a number of families. Longhouses have
